England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in St Helens
St Helens is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 183,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in St Helens, with about 83 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LPL15 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About St Helens
St Helens () is a large town in Merseyside, England, with a population of 117,308. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens which had a population of 183,200 at the 2021 Census.
Industry and population boomed in this area in the 18th century. The four towns of Sutton, Parr, Windle and Eccleston grew together and became known as St Helens, from St Elyn's chapel-of-ease in Parr. A town hall was built in 1839, and in 1868 St Helens was incorporated as a borough. The big drivers of its growth were coal-mining and glass, especially plate glass. Glass has been made for over 6000 years and the Romans introduced the technology across Europe.
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Things to do
What to see and do in St Helens
See
- North West Museum of Road Transport
- World of Glass
- Carr Mill Dam
- Colliers Moss Common
- Sherdley Park
- Sutton Manor
- Windleshaw Chantry
- Smithy Heritage Centre
Do
- St Helens RFC
- Cineworld
- Knowsley Safari Park
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in St Helens
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Haydock St. Helens hotel | 83 | 4.3/5 857 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in St Helens
5 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Finger Post Hotel | 1.7 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Railway | 7.2 km | |
| OYO Lakeside Haydock Hotel, St Helens OYO Rooms | 2.8 km | |
| The Eccleston Hotel, BW Signature Collection | 0.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit St Helens
The most comfortable months for a city stay in St Helens are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to St Helens: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 33 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 85 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The area around St Helens is criss-crossed by motorways. M6 east is the usual approach from London and the Midlands. M62 south connects Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds. M57 southeast, effectively Liverpool ring road, connects Widnes and Kirkby, for Formby and Southport. St Helens is 14 miles from Liverpool (with John Lennon LPL airport) and 22 miles from Manchester (with the much better connected MAN airport). Trains from Liverpool Lime Street run every 30 min via Edge Hill, Eccleston Park and Thatto Park, taking 30 min to St Helens Central.
Getting around
Most of the attractions are within walking distance. Bus 12 circles every 30 min between the bus station, Central railway station and the shopping centres.
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LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in St Helens
Stay safe
Usual common sense around traffic, safeguarding valuables including in parked cars, and avoiding idiot drunks. Some outlying estates are rough at night but you have no reason to be there.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in St Helens
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
St Helens: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in St Helens?
By published guest score: Travelodge Haydock St. Helens (4.3 / 5 · 857 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit St Helens?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in St Helens are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to St Helens?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 33 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 85 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in St Helens?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near St Helens
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.